Gardening Tips and Guide
From gas-powered tillers to electric hedge trimmers, there’s no shortage of power tools to help you maintain your garden. But while these tools can be helpful, you don’t need a shed bursting with high-end gear to grow a vibrant garden. Instead, focus on the basics — these essential tools that every gardener should master before moving on to the more expensive gardening toys. Trowel and hand rake Before you can plant a garden, you first…
A problem for older gardeners is finding tools that make gardening easier as getting up and down becomes harder. Noel Valdes, the 67 year old owner of CobraHead LLC, has designed two garden tools that are finding a following with “baby boomer” and older garden enthusiasts while at the same time are being recognized by all gardeners as useful and well-made tools. Noel has been working on solutions to weeding his own large home vegetable…
The essential gardening tools include digging forks for digging out all the root crops , hand clippers (scissors) and harvesting knives for cutting all the greens. Japanese knives and putty knives for weeding are also very useful community gardening tools. Hand trowels for transplanting; big salad spinners for drying greens; pitch forks and shovels for making compost and lots of love, patience and acceptance around the weather that mother nature sends our way are some of the really essential…
Proper care is must as far as the longevity and serviceability of your gardening tools is concerned.These a few, simple tips that will prolong your tools’ life. Don’t put them away covered in soil or wet. All gardening tools should be cleansed after use and dried with a rag. Apply vegetable oil to steel tools to minimize rusting. Sharpen axes, hoes, shovels and anything else that needs to be sharpened at least once a season….
Every season brings a different set of chores in the garden. Spring is an exciting time for gardeners as preparations are made for the bounty and beauty of the garden as it awakes from winter hibernation. It can also, however, be a bit overwhelming to know how to prioritize your gardening time at this time of year. Here is a helpful list of gardening practices that should be tended to in the spring ; Pruning For…
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